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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3h

People hyped up on fucking themselves...

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 4h

Low key horrific.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 5h

A piece which again highlights to me just how unimaginative people are.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 19h

#NowWatching

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 19h

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 19h

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...

Diane Keaton dead at 79

Diane Keaton, one of Hollywood's most distinctive and beloved stars, has died at the age of 79.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 21h

Either the first guy. The last guy. Or this buddy

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 21h

Saw some goats today.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 1d

#NowWatching

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 2d

#NowWatching

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

Rewatched it recently. It's when Gary goes to the waterbed store.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah. I noted that earlier. I get the gag (and it's clear in the visual that the joke is aimed at the white character) but it feels odd. Licorice Pizza also has a moment with a black woman that could be seen as sexualised.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

*in his films

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

Love PTA.

But when a POC character appears in them. I do hold pause.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

I think my initial feelings of the film were off. Because I'm still thinking of certain ideas, certain scenes.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

I think Ellen is on point here. And I think that's one of my issues with the film. But I'm STILL thinking about it.

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...

www.theguardian.com

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

I said PTA is weirdly apolitical...not the right words...

But...it's hard not to think that he uses one thing to spring board into a goofy fairy tale stuff. He doesn't have that same striking energy that Altman had even though he's a massive fan. I need to read some more.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

There's an interesting recent glut of films that I need to watch again...

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

And do well with what they have. But to have them fade away along with the weird Asian mockery humour found in Liquorice Pizza does feel odd.

Yet the modern underground network is fascinating in its own way. And Sean Penn's performance is just incredible.

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

But PTA has always been weirdly apolitical (in my eyes) with only There Will Be Blood feeling like a full on "statement".

PTA is also colourblind in a really odd way. There's four female POCs with integral roles in the movie. The film only really feels interested in one. The actresses are great...

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Afrofilmviewer @afrofilmviewer.bsky.social · 3d

As a massive PTA fan...of course I'm a huge fan of this movie. Has some Tarantino energy. Has some fairy tale like energy in there and the action is fantastic from someone who isn't an action director.

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